The mass exodus of much of the Kentucky basketball roster to the transfer portal defined the school's offseason following the departure of John Calipari and the hire of Mark Pope. However, Pope is slowly rebuilding the talent pool for the Wildcats and landed a pair of Power-6 transfers in back-to-back days.

Lawrence is the fourth transfer portal pickup for new Kentucky coach Kenny Brooks, who also earned commitments from Virginia Tech ’s Georgia Amoore, an All-America graduate point guard, and Clara Strack, a 6-5 freshman center, as well as 6-4 redshirt sophomore Teonni Key from North Carolina.

As the transfer portal closed for college basketball players on Wednesday night, the best news for Gonzaga fans was no news at all.

Transfer portal season has become one of the busiest times of the year to track roster movement for college basketball fans. Wichita State fans, in particular, have grown used to this phenomenon, as the Shockers have had to replace at least one-third of their scoring production from the previous season through the transfer portal four of the last five years.